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PunkyKat
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 Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:40 pm Post subject: Are autistics materialistic |
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| Last night I was telling my mother that if I became so phithy rich that money was no object I would like to buy the copyrights to The Lion King movie. She told me that she wished my dreams weren't so materialistic. I remember my niece accidently breaking a few sentimental Christmas ordiments and asking my mother why she was so upset about it because if something of my mine was broken or lost she told me that it was just a thing. I told her I has so many mixed messages as kid and she said she only told me that because I was so materialistic. I could never really fit in with people nor did I ever feel as if I was a part of my family so maybe "things" helped me cope. I remember for years my stuffed animals were the only friends I ever had. I remember my mom telling countless shrinks that I used to say I never wanted to make friends becuase I had my stuffed animals. So is being materalistic a common thing to autisim/asperger's. |
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Aurore
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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I think it's just that we attach emotion to objects. So it is materialism, but it's not a greedy materialism. It's a loving materialism, if that makes any sense.
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strawman
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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| "materialistic" isn't quite the right word. Autistics can be more likely to develop an attachment to objects rather than people, but that isn't really materialism. Materialism is more like the belief that having a lot of money and buying lots of stuff will make you happy |
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ShawnWilliam
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I'm not materialistic at all.. I dont like to own a lot of things..
when i first moved into my own appartment i had almost nothing.. but it was great.. im a hippie like that, I slept on the floor (hardwood).. what you are is sentimental perhaps but not materialistic.. your mom is a bitch, tell her i said that  |
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aspergian_mutant
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:35 am Post subject: |
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I have collected objects as memorabilia before.
but other then that, no I am not materialistic. |
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pandd
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Might it be that non-autistics are more likely to be 'peoplistic'?
I'm not convinced we are more materialistic; seems to me everyone else is just as materialistic, but prone to forgetting people are material objects and fixating on them and their attributes/functions/pay-offs/costs is no less materialistic than fixation on any other object and its attributes/functions/pay-offs/costs. |
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thedarkpassenger
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:18 am Post subject: |
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I would consider myself very materialistic too. I find that aspies are one of the rare types of people who can love materials and objects without being greedy or arrogant.
For me, I just like things. I like phones, cars, computers, certain clothes, even staplers and cool looking pens and notepads. I just like things and yes I am materialistic. But I'm by no means greedy. It's hard to explain the connection we have to objects to an NT. |
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Dasha
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:26 am Post subject: |
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| Could she have just been trying to say she'd wish you'd dream for something great but that was obtainable - like a happy loving spouse and kids, even if you couldn't live in the best house or neighborhood? |
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Jennyfoo
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:30 am Post subject: |
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| I'm not materialistic. I like to live in a nice home, in a nice neighborhood, but it's for my kids' sake, not mine. I don't have expensive taste, I don't try to "keep up with the Jonses", and I don't think money can buy anything other than material items, certainly not happiness. My NT mother is unbelievablt materialistic and a hoarder. |
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Gambit
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| It depends on your personality. Some aspies are and some aren't. I suspect majority are materialistic. I think many people without wealth or power to obtain wealth delude themselves into believing that material things aren't that important to them. |
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dougn
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:59 am Post subject: |
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I'm a philosophical materialist, but this isn't what this post is about.
But am I materialistic in the sense of dreaming about having a lot of stuff? Not really. I tend to think more about things I'd like to do (e.g. places I'd like to go) if I could afford to, not objects I'd like to own.
I'd like to have enough money to not have to worry about money, but I have no particular desire to be ultra-rich. I don't really know what I'd do with a mansion, for example. |
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2ukenkerl
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| dougn wrote: | I'm a philosophical materialist, but this isn't what this post is about.
But am I materialistic in the sense of dreaming about having a lot of stuff? Not really. I tend to think more about things I'd like to do (e.g. places I'd like to go) if I could afford to, not objects I'd like to own.
I'd like to have enough money to not have to worry about money, but I have no particular desire to be ultra-rich. I don't really know what I'd do with a mansion, for example. |
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demoluca
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:49 am Post subject: |
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It depends on what it is, and the person I suppose.
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Callista
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:01 am Post subject: |
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Yeah. I think we are 'materialistic' at about the same rate NTs are; but being different, we express it differently. An autistic's attachment to his favorite movie could be just as materialistic as an NT's attachment to his sports car.
I don't think I am particularly materialistic, but if I lost the stuff on my computer hard drive, I'd probably cry.
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Asterisp
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:10 am Post subject: |
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A bit materialistic...
I like certain objects, and having enough money to buy books, dvd's and camping equipment. But I am not looking for more money like certain people. And I do not attach much value to a car or clothing like some people do. So my materialism is a bit different.
I think most autis have that kind of materialism. |
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